Call to Action: Re-Activation of Iota Sigma Rho SL Sorority

From The Desk of Iota Sigma Rho SL Founder & Pearls:

It has been two years since our beloved sisterhood took an hiatus and chose to focus on each other and the individual and mutual growth of each other and our sisterhood. It has been quite a journey. One that we feel blessed to have taken together. Secondlife dwells in the realm of escapism. In that process of trying to find our own secret paradise where we can control everything from what we look like to creating and molding things, we forget the one thing we can't control. People. As exciting as it is to socialize, we become obsessed with our social status, who is saying what and whats the latest news. I admit, we too fell victim. However, the biggest part of caring about yourself is caring about one another. Iota Sigma Rho is dedicated to continue to care and support the Secondlife community. Our love and loyalty towards our nations veterans and soldiers is still at the forefront of our service. As well as the alleviation of poverty in some of the most crime-stricken and impoverished neighborhoods in our country. It is because of this that feel we must continue our real world efforts within the realm of SL. Encouraging each of you to join us, stand up and join our cause. We are women who have been empowered by the stones that have crossed our paths and exceeded them. We, today, stand stronger for having overcome obstacles, self-doubt, shame and defeat. And, it is with great pleasure and honor to announce the re-activation of Iota Sigma Rho SL Sorority.




Thank you for your support,


Iota Sigma Rho SL Sorority

Spoken From The Frontline - A Tribute To Our Warriors

OUR TRIBUTE TO WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT! WE RAISED 16,010L$! ALL FEES WERE COLLECTED BY WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT ORGANIZER, A LINDEN LABS APPROVED NON-PROFIT VENDOR!

Worth The Fight

Every year, thousands of soldiers return to their home country with the deep scars of war. Some deeper than others, some more visible than others and yet they are treated the same by their home government. However, every soldier is not the same. They do not share the same scars or the same experience and therefore, they cannot receive the same treatment. Wounded Warriors Project aims to individually treat soldiers who many otherwise be left on the VA assistance list for a longer period of time. 

The Simple Things

When you donate to Wounded Warrior Project, a soldier receives a backpack with a calling card, clothes, food, hygiene products and other amenities that will help him get his life back on track and hopefully, get him on his way home. When you donate a car or truck is filled with gas that offers a soldier a ride from base to home. When you donate a soldier gets a job that will not only start his career but help his mind stay focused and out of the depression of war. When you donate to WWP, you save a soldiers life that helped protect yours. 

#IotaStrong

Iota Sigma Rho SL Sorority is strong because we are comprised of REAL WOMEN who have sons that are active duty Marine and Army, Cousins off shore in the Navy and Reserves and veterans in our own ranks. We stand by our military men and women because they make the decision every day to answer the call of our country, despite their political and social beliefs. They choose to arm their homeland with their life and fight for a freedom that is not free. When you see #IotaStrong, know that we are #ArmyProud, #NavyProud, #MarineMomProud, #AirforceProud and we are PRHOud to support our veterans and active duty military. 

Special Thanks

We would like to thank Lady China for Djing the first half for us and a special thanks to our Vet. Dj Blue2Smooth for sharing his stories and letting us know things that mean a lot to veterans when the return home. That is priceless information that will help us improve our efforts and therefore improve the quality of life in every soldier. 

Big Thank You to Frets Nirvana and WWP-SL for providing the kiosks as official Wounded Warrior Project Liscensed Vendors.

Thank You to SL Veterans Service!

Thank You to the sisters of Xi Beta Xi for Partnering with us in the month of February. 

Photos of the Event

Celebrating Women in Greekdom: A Tribute to True Sisters

Black History Month 2014
Mary T. Washington
Sigma Gamma Rho

Sigma Gamma Rho Soror Mary T. Washington was a bookkeeper who in the 1920's began methodically breaking down racial barriers in business.

Soror Washington Wiley earned her bachelor's degree in business from Northwestern University in 1941. While a student, she opened her own accounting firm in her basement, recruiting black businesses as clients. Soror Washington Wiley went on to become the first African-American woman to be a certified public accountant in the United States and the head of one of the largest black-owned accounting firms in the nation.

A study by the National Association of Black Accountants confirmed that in 1943, Soror Washington Wiley became the first black woman to become a C.P.A. and the 13th black C.P.A. in the nation.

With business partners Hiram Pittman and Lester McKeever, she founded Washington, Pittman & McKeever in 1968, one of the largest black C.P.A. firms. She retired from the firm in 1985 at age 79.

In 2002, Dr. Theresa Hammond (chairman of the accounting department at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College) published a book on the history of black C.P.A.'s, "A White-Collar Profession: African-American Certified Public Accountants Since 1921," which included Soror Washington Wiley's stellar career and significant influence.

Soror Washington Wiley died on July 2, 2005 at a nursing home in Chicago. She was 99 years old.

Soror Mary T. Washington Wiley, a phenomenal trailblazer breaking down barriers in the business arena!

Azie Taylor Morton 

Alpha Kappa Alpha 

Azie Taylor Morton (February 1, 1936 – December 7, 2003) served as Treasurer of the United States during the Carter administration (September 12, 1977 to January 20, 1981). She remains the only African American to hold that office. Her signature was printed on U.S. currency during her tenure; this is an honor she shared with four African-American men.

Morton was born in Dale, Texas and graduated from Hutson-Tillotson College in Austin. Her first job was teaching at a school for delinquent girls. Before becoming Treasurer, she served on President John F. Kennedy's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. From 1972 to 1976, she was a special assistant to Robert Schwarz Strauss, then chair of the Democratic National Committee. She was also an election observer for the presidential elections in Haiti, Senegal, and the Dominican Republic; a member of the American Delegation to Rome, Italy for the Enthronement of Pope John Paul II; chair of a People to People Mission to the Soviet Union and China; and a representative to the first African/African American Conference held in Africa. She was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

Azie Taylor married James Homer Morton on May 29, 1965. They had two daughters. On December 6, 2003, Morton suffered a stroke at her home in Bastrop County, Texas.

Shirley Chisholm

Delta Sigma Theta

Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1924, Shirley Chisholm is best known for becoming the first black congresswoman (1968), representing New York State in the U.S. House of Representatives for seven terms. She went on to run for the 1972 Democratic nomination for the presidency—becoming the first major-party African-American candidate to do so. Throughout her political career, Chisholm fought for education opportunities and social justice. Chisholm left Congress in 1983 to teach. She died in Florida in 2005.

Famed U.S. congresswoman and lifelong social activist Shirley Chisholm was born Shirley St. Hill on November 30, 1924, in a predominantly black neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Chisholm spent part of her childhood in Barbados with her grandmother. After graduating from Brooklyn College in 1946, she began her career as a teacher and went on to earn a master's degree in elementary education from Columbia University.

Chisholm served as director of the Hamilton-Madison Child Care Center from 1953 to 1959, and as an educational consultant for New York City's Bureau of Child Welfare from 1959 to 1964.

In 1968, Shirley Chisholm made history by becoming the United States' first African-American congresswoman, beginning the first of seven terms in the House of Representatives. After initially being assigned to the House Forestry Committee, she shocked many by demanding reassignment. She was placed on the Veterans' Affairs Committee, eventually graduating to the Education and Labor Committee. In 1969, Chisholm became one of the founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Chisholm went on to make history yet again, becoming the first major-party African-American candidate to make a bid for the U.S. presidency when she ran for the Democratic nomination in 1972. A champion of minority education and employment opportunities throughout her tenure in Congress, Chisholm was also a vocal opponent of the U.S. military draft. After leaving Congress in 1983, she taught at Mount Holyoke College and was popular on the lecture circuit.

Chisholm was married to Conrad Chisholm from 1949 to 1977. She wed Arthur Hardwick Jr. in 1986. She authored two books during her lifetime, Unbought and Unbossed (1970) and The Good Fight (1973).

Chisholm died on January 1, 2005, at the age of 80, in Ormond Beach (near Daytona Beach), Florida.

"She was our Moses that opened the Red Sea for us," Robert E. Williams, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Flagler County, said of Chisholm in an interview with The Associated Press (January 2, 2005). William Howard, Chisholm's longtime campaign treasurer, expressed similar sentiments. "Anyone that came in contact with her, they had a feeling of a careness," Howard said, "and they felt that she was very much a part of each individual as she represented her district."

Freedom From Fear Campaign: After Fight

Everything that glitters isn't gold. Ever heard that statement? In terms of domestic violence, what may seem like an innocent couple, in a typical fight, may be deeply routed habitual abuse. In many situations of domestic violence, long term relationships can be as violent and as turbulent, if no more so, than the newer relationships. Don't be fooled! Stand up to domestic violence!

Fact: IPV alone affects more than 12 million people each year. [v]

Fact 2: From 1994 to 2010, about 4 in 5 victims of intimate partner violence were female. [ix]

VIEW PHOTO AD ON OUR BLOG: www.iotasigmarho.blogspot.com or www.facebook.com/IotaSigmaRhoSecondlifeSorority

Featured in this ad: Saivee Rho (ISR) & Phil O. Matic (OPS)

Research: www.thehotline.org (National), www.domesticpeace.com/(Arkansas)
Call 1-800-799-72339 (SAFE) |1-800-787-3224 (TTTY)
ADVOCATE!

Find out more about both orgs at:
www.iotasigmarho.wix.com/rush
www.opssl.org 

Freedom From Fear Campaign: Mortal Kombat

"I'm Gay, I'm being ABUSED, I have rights. Just like you. Don't I?"

LGBT couples are no different than same-sex couples when it comes to signs and characteristics of domestic violence! If you are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Pan-Sexual, YOU HAVE RIGHTS! YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!! These hotlines are open for ALL peoples in ANY situation!

Fact: 1 out 4 Same-Sex Couples will experience domestic violence. (1 out of 3 in heterosexual couples).

Fact 2: A LGBT person is less likely to report abuse due to fear of being "outted", lack of public understanding and many other factors that a heterosexual person DOES NOT experience.

VIEW PHOTO AD ON OUR BLOG: www.iotasigmarho.blogspot.com or www.facebook.com/IotaSigmaRhoSecondlifeSorority

Featured in this ad: Uqqn Zelin Owens & Cherokee Bellic (ISR)

Research: www.thehotline.org (National), http://tncoalition.org/(Tennessee), http://www.opdv.ny.gov/(New York)
Call 1-800-799-72339 (SAFE) |1-800-787-3224 (TTTY)
ADVOCATE!

Find out more about both orgs at:
www.iotasigmarho.wix.com/rush
www.opssl.org 

Comparing Domestic Violence of Same-Sex Couples and Straight:

• Straight and same-sex domestic violence share many common characteristics:
• The pattern of abuse includes a vicious cycle of physical, emotional, and psychological mistreatment, leaving the victim with feelings of isolation, fear, and guilt.
• Abusers often have severe mental illnesses and were themselves abused as children.
• Psychological abuse is the most common form of abuse and physical batterers often blackmail their partners into silence.
• Physical and sexual abuses often co-occur.
• No race, ethnicity, or socio-economic status is exempt.

Distinctive Straights:

• Gay or lesbian batterers will threaten “outing” their victims to work colleagues, family, and friends. This threat is amplified by the sense of extreme isolation among gay and lesbian victims since some are still closeted from friends and family, have fewer civil rights protections, and lack access to the legal system.
• Lesbian and gay victims are more reluctant to report abuse to legal authorities. Survivors may not contact law enforcement agencies because doing so would force them to reveal their sexual orientation or gender identity.
• Gay and lesbian victims are also reluctant to seek help out of fear of showing a lack of solidarity among the gay and lesbian community. Similarly, many gay men and women hide their abuse out of a heightened fear that society will perceive same-sex relation- ships as inherently dysfunctional.

The Problem:

• Authorities often lack the knowledge of how to handle domestic violence cases involving people of the same gender. An officer may mistake two males living together for roommates, for example. And officers may fail to report an incident of domestic violence since the two parties involved may be unwilling to divulge their relationship status. In some cases the victim will be detained instead of the aggressor because the latter was physically smaller.

Source: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/news/2011/06/14/9850/domestic-violence-in-the-lgbt-community/

Freedom From Fear Campaign: Spy. . .

 VIEW PHOTO AD ON OUR BLOG: www.iotasigmarho.blogspot.com or www.facebook.com/IotaSigmaRhoSecondlifeSorority

Featured in this ad: Naomi Mocha-Eternal (ISR)

Stalking by excessive calling/ texting, tracking and continual psychological torment is ABUSE! Don't make excuses! Stalking is a real and living thing that can cause psychological and emotional damage! Be safe, make a plan, seek help!


Fact: More than 1 in 3 women (35.6%) and more than 1 in 4 men (28.5%) in the United States have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.[vi]

Research: www.thehotline.org (National), www.njcbw.org/ (New Jersey)
Call 1-800-799-72339 (SAFE) |1-800-787-3224 (TTTY)
ADVOCATE!

Find out more about both orgs at:
www.iotasigmarho.wix.com/rush
www.opssl.org

2014 Domestic Violence Fact Sheet & Definitions

2014 Domestic Violence Fact Sheet

VIEW PHOTO AD ON OUR BLOG: www.iotasigmarho.blogspot.com or www.facebook.com/IotaSigmaRhoSecondlifeSorority

Featured in this ad: Naomi Mocha-Eternal (ISR)

|:: Defining Domestic Violence ::|
(As defined by the National Domestic Violence Hotline & Wheel of Power & Control)

(http://www.thehotline.org/is-this-abuse/abuse-defined/)

Using Children
Making her feel guilty about the children

Using children to relay messages

Using visitation to harass her
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Using Isolation
Controlling what she does, who she sees and talks too.

Controlling what she reads and where she goes

Limiting her outside involvement
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Using Intimidation
Making her afraid by using looks, actions and gestures.

Smashing things, destroying her property.

Abusing Pets

Displaying Weapons
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Using Male Privilege
Treating her like a servant

Making all the big decisions

Acting like the "master of the castle"

Being the one to define "mens" and "womens" roles

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Using emotional abuse
Putting her down

Making her feel bad about herself

Calling her names

Making her think she's crazy

Playing Mind games

Humiliating her

Making her feel guilty

Research: www.thehotline.org (National),
Call 1-800-799-72339 (SAFE) |1-800-787-3224 (TTTY)
ADVOCATE!

Find out more about both orgs at:
www.iotasigmarho.wix.com/rush
www.opssl.org
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Freedom From Fear: Choke Him!

VIEW PHOTO AD ON OUR BLOG: www.iotasigmarho.blogspot.com or www.facebook.com/IotaSigmaRhoSecondlifeSorority

Featured in this ad: Cobalt Niles(OPS), Naja Ewing(ISR) and Yummieorg(ISR)

No matter the situation; violence is never okay! In the midst of a lot of emotions; IPV or intimate partner violence ensues and the damage can be irreparable. Remember to breathe deeply, think before you act and walk away from violence.

Fact: Most female victims of intimate partner violence were previously victimized by the same offender, including 77% of females ages 18 to 24, 76% of females ages  25 to 34, and 81% of females ages 35 to 49.[x]

Fact 2: Nearly half of all women AND men in the United States have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime (48.4% and 48.8%, respectively).[vii]

Research: thehotline.org (National), www.cpedv.org (California)
Call 1-800-799-72339 (SAFE) |1-800-787-3224 (TTTY)
ADVOCATE!

VIEW AD ON OUR BLOG: www.iotasigmarho.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/IotaSigmaRhoSecondlifeSorority


(Featured in this ad: Cobalt Niles, Naja Ewing, Yummieorg)

Find out more about both orgs at:

www.iotasigmarho.wix.com/rush

www.opssl.org

Freedom From Fear: Don't Mess With Women/ Men Are Victims Too

We continue the campaign by reminding everyone that MEN are victims of Domestic Violence, as well. Many men feel helpless to change the situation as they feel the need to be protectors and are strongly against hitting women, despite being attacked first. You are not alone. And their is help.

Fact: 1 in 7 men (13.8%) aged 18 and older  in the United States have been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime.[iv]

For women: (1 in 4 women (24.3%))

Research: thehotline.org (National), mocadsv.org (Missouri)
Call 1-800-799-72339 (SAFE) |1-800-787-3224 (TTTY)
ADVOCATE!

VIEW AD ON OUR BLOG: www.iotasigmarho.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/IotaSigmaRhoSecondlifeSorority

(Featured in this ad: Eonla Reignz Dreadlow and Gregorry Lyton)

Find out more about both orgs at:

www.iotasigmarho.wix.com/rush

www.opssl.org

Freedom From Fear Campaign - Omega Psi Sigma & Iota Sigma Rho January Effort

This month Iota Sigma Rho Secondlife Sorority is partnering with Omega Psi Sigma Fraternity to raise awareness about the effects of Domestic Violence. We hope to empower men & women, heterosexual or LGBT to speak up and speak out against Domestic Violence. For this, today we launch the Freedom From Fear Campaign.

Fact:
On average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States — more than 12 million women and men over the course of a year.[i]
Research: http://www.thehotline.org/, http://www.dccadv.org/(DMV Area)
Call: 1-800-799-7233(SAFE) | 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
ADVOCATE!

Find our more about both organizations at

www.iotasigmarho.wix.com/rush

www.opssl.org

Gamma Line Thank you post

IOTA SIGMA RHO SL SORORITY GAMMA LINE RHOYAL ABSOLUTE DEVOTION :
Are deeply moved and appreciative for the love and support shown to us  at our Pre New Years Eve Party. Held in our sorority ballroom. On 12/30/2013.

We like to extend our gratitude to  Xi Beta Xi, Alpha Kai Delta, Eta Sigma Rho, Theta Nu Theta, Tau Beta Psi, The Gems of Iota Sigma Rho and  The Brothers of Omega Psi Sigma.  We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your attendance and support.

Dj Cinfull & Dj Hammer were awesome spinning out  there soulful tunes.
we thank you for helping make our Pre New Years Eve Bash such a success.

To our family and friends much love to you also for making our night such a joyful eventful.  A night that will be etched in our hearts and mind forever.

IOTA SIGMA RHO SL GAMMA LINE RHOYAL ABSOLUTE DEVOTION...THANKS YOU.

When You Go Greek SL: The Ifs.. Ands.. Buts.. & What Ifs of SL Greekdom

Jan. 09th, 2013- 8:50am

THE IF

Yes.... thats me (Saivee Rho-Amor), the first and only time I've ever pledged in SL. As I was cleaning out my inventory this past week, I stumbled upon a picture that was titled "When U Go Greek SL _02". I thought that it may be my greek alphabet so I opened it and re-lived the horror. I was pledging a sorority, that will not be named, for the first time. It was an experience of mutual firsts, their first line, my first everything as a non-founder. It was a particularly joyous time because my own sorority was inactive as we solidified as a family until versus an organization. However, I was hard-working and dedicated throughout the process... all 4+ months. Yes... 4 months. 

THE AND

Finally, PLEDGE WEEK!! A time where you should be happy and joyous, ready to get down to that final week before crossing, right? WRONG. Stripped... down to my tangos, ao taken away, flexy hair, layered clothes, tube socks and a black mask put over my face. Nameless, faceless, breast-less. Welcome to your life when you go greek in secondlife.

Now, this might break some people but, me and my sister were strong and could handle this part. Sleeping in dark corners, fly infested pizza, taken away from my family and friends & not being able to feed our zooby babies. This was all fine. All in good RP, right? We lasted until Day 4 when we were called "bitches" by one of the founders. And not in a "haha, yea you're my bitch.." way. In a "you're my bitch and I own you from now on."

In my Huey Freeman Voice -------> "We are now entering a n*&&a moment. A n*&&a moment is caused when an act causes a person of color to becoming enraged and ignorant or erratic behavior ensues."

It's important that you weigh-in how much this is worth. "This" being your treatment of people who will potentially be your extended family and, hopefully, friends versus the way they treat you now. Needless to say, we left. Alpha Line OUT. 

THE BUT

Here are the arguments(These are potential arguments from people who feel this is a Pro (good thing) or a Con (bad thing):

The treatment during pledge week if it is negative:

• Pro: They want to toughen you up. They are seeing if you can handle it because being in an org is hard! You gotta be effin tough! You can't take having you feelings hurt?! Leave then!
• Con: How they treat you now will define how you treat you later. Toughness or no toughness. After a long pre-pledge season, they should know you are the best and should be having tasks that uplift you and challenge your skills rather than being rude.

The treatment during pledge week if it is positive:

• Pro: They want to see how you interact in a setting that is both challenging and enjoyable. They want you to be relaxed and comfortable so that your true character is revealed when challenges arrive. They also do not want you to develop negative feelings toward their org.
• Con: They want you to get relaxed and comfortable to "lure" you into their sorority. Case in point: make them feel good and buy their affection.

THE WHAT IFS

So, you've had this horrible experience. You've been treated like crap at the bottom of the barrel. Or, maybe you didn't have a horrible experience and still find your way out the door due to expulsion. Either way, you're on your way out. What may happen next? We have formulated the top 4 possibilities for... WHAT IF YOU FIND YOUR WAY OUT?

1. I Hate Greekdom Effect: We think this is the typical first reaction. And why wouldn't you hate it? Something really horrible happened to you and you feel very outed, duped, swindled, hoodwinked, bamboozled and just down right pissed! Whether you're mad at the org or mad at the lot of greekdom. It's perfectly fine to be in this zone. 
2. Pay Back Is A B!(eta): Beta, the second, the changer. Yea, we all know someone who has done or will do or is even thinking about doing it. That's right. You left took yourself somewhere else! Whether that was to your friends/sisters/cousins/brothers/baby-daddies aunt org, the fact is, you switched. It even happened in Iota! 2 gems on our alpha line, one left in the middle of our process to join another process and crossed over there. 1 Gem remained and crossed as the Alpha Ace :)                                      This is a typical second reaction because you're still mad and you want to go somewhere were people appreciate you. Or, if you haven't been through a bad process, you simply left because you want to or you may be a sorority hopper. Either way, you're not there anymore. 
3. I can do this on my own!: This is why a majority of organizations are founded in SL. Because you feel you can do this better and be different than something you've already been through. Non-surprisingly, a lot of women come from the same sorority and then branch out to found other members, some times taking some members with them. And a lot of men come from the same fraternities. Sound familiar?                                                                                                                            This is another typical reaction but often ends in extreme failure. Oh sure, you may have a few members and you may be able to stay afloat for a while but, will you be successful? Will your organization be prosperous and be able to be progressive? More than likely... not so much. But, it happens!
4. I left, I'm gone, I'm In a Different Org && We are Successful: Whether you've went to a completely new sorority previously founded, newly founded, reactivated or otherwise, congrats on your success! Here comes The Hater Express! Yea, if you've gone through this, you're going to have people who hate you from different sides. Your old org, your org you left, their brothers or sisters are all waiting on you to fail and you didn't! Brush ya shoulders off & keep it moving!

CONCLUSION

Not everyone's experience is the same! This post was compiled of various possibilities of the WORST POSSIBLE and yet, NOT TOO FAR REMOVED of what could happen if you go greek. We would hope that your experience would be nothing like this but, we would not want you to not be prepared. Although, we are aware that this post may ruffle some feathers... we felt that it would be important for us to post this. 

With so many people crossing this winter, we congratulate everyone! Including our own Gamma Line :)

Love, Peace & Greekdom,

Saivee Rho-Amor, Founder & President

Naomi Mocha-Eternal, Founder & President

Welcome Gamma Line Rhoyal Devotion!!

WELCOME OUR NEWEST SISTERS!!! 

GAMMA LINE RHOYAL ABSOLUTE DEVOTION

Ms. Naja Ewing, brings her persevering spirit to our sisterhood! She continuously shows her  

love of our sisterhood with her supportive and embracing spirity. Naja lends and ear and shoulder

to those who many need her. We are so pRHOud to have her in our sisterhood 

and invites her to take her new rank in RHOyalty! 

 Ms. Yummie brings her joy and uplifting spirit to our sisterhood. Our excitable and always positive 

sister reminds us that it is the love that we have for our sisters, our charity and ourselves that 

make everything worthwhile. We are pRHOud to call her sister and happily take her

into our hearts and rank in RHOyalty.

Mrs. Uqqn South is the epitome of love and loyalty and has increased that love and loyalty 

into our sisterhood. Our new sister reminds us that loyalty and devotion can be shown 

in leaps and bounds through hard work and love! We are pRHOud to call her 

sisters and welcome her into our RHOyal ranks!!!

Join us in congratulating these wonderful women! :)

Weekend Recap of Iota Sigma Rho SL Sorority!

Its been a BUSY weekend for the illustrious sisters of Iota Sigma Rho!!

We would like to thank Omega Psi Sigma Fraternity, Gqueue Clothing, MODA, Cake Bosses, Robins Jewelry Box, Xi Beta Xi, Chi Gamma Psi, Sugalicious Dulce & Peligroso Static, The Gamma Gems of Iota Sigma Rho && DJ Latin!

Thanks to everyone, we recieved over 10 information cards on childrens organization from 10 different states! This information will be released to the public and will be available for anyone who many need help or would like to donate :)

Also, we welcomed 3 lovely women to Iota Sigma Rho! Mrs. Uqqn South, Ms. Naja Ewing & Ms. Yummie Org! We could not be pRHOuder that they traveled the long, hard, RHOad to Iota Sigma Rho! <3

Want to find out more information on Iota Sigma Rho SL Sorority Partners n' Service?? --> www.iotasigmarho.wix.com/rush

Want to find out more about our 3 Iota Women?? -->

www.iotasigmarho.blogspot.com

Winter Family Day 2013 -- Children's Information Drive!

Tomorrow we kick off our end of the year effort to complete our charitable services information database! We have been working hard, since our re-activation this past spring to get a database compiled of various charitable organizations; large and small, local and city-based, to release to the public!

The purpose of this database is to offer anyone who may be in need, options for help. Because, we all need help sometimes. This list would be completely public and we will not be able to know who may need it. So, regardless of who are and what your circumstances, you can recieve help.

Recap of Philanthropic Efforts & Information Collected This Year:

August: Cell Phone For Soldiers/ Purple Heart - Nationwide Access & Contact Helplines Collected

September: Rep Your Branch - Every branches personal (individual) charity contact information was collected.

October: Women Warriors - Susan G. Komen Statewide Information was collected for every sister. 

November: STOP! Cyber Bullying Forum - NoH8 & small local  (to the sisters) information was collected.

November: Canned Food Drive (Salvation Army) - 160 cans were taken to local banks and the Salvation Army. Every reporting participant provided contact information on their local food bank. 

December: 2013 Winter Family Day / Childrens Information Drive - The purpose of this event is to receive purely local children's charity information in efforts to provide the RL children of active Secondlife parents the opportunities to receive help. It is the observation of this sorority that a lot of Secondlife members have children, often young. With a lot of financial hardships this season, it is important to impact peoples real lives now, more than ever. We are asking for organizations that have coat drives or toy drives specifically! 

This list will be released on our; website, blog, facebook page, facebook account, partners n service group, supporters group and all of our sisters pages on December 22nd, 2013. (The last Iota Day of the Year :) ) 

If you bring your filled NC on Saturday, you could win a prize from this list of generous sponsors

(www.tinyurl.com/isrwintersponsors)

SNEAK PEAK @ FAMILY DAY & BRILLIANT HOPE!

(Remember, you can see  all our event photos and more on our flicr page http://flic.kr/ps/2wj2Jy)